There is provided an aqueous ink which contains a coloring agent, a polymer particle, water and an aqueous organic solvent, and a surface resistivity of a film obtained by film formation on a glass plate is 1×106 Ω/□ or less, and a recording method containing: a first discharge step that discharges the first aqueous ink on a front surface of a recording medium; a first drying step that dries the first aqueous ink discharged on the front surface of the recording medium after the first discharge step; and a second discharge step that discharges a second aqueous ink on a rear surface of the recording medium after the first drying step.